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Tom Cotton

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Tom Cotton is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Arkansas since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he has been a prominent voice on various national security and foreign policy issues. Cotton is known for his strong stance on military matters and has advocated for a robust U.S. presence abroad, particularly in relation to China and Russia. He has also focused on immigration reform and economic policies aimed at supporting American workers.

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Mar 7, 2023

You really don't think the Ayatollah has had any change of views once it was clear Joe Biden was going to be President?

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Dec 22, 2022

our amendment achieves a simple goal desired by all of us: equal treatment for all the 9/11 families, the Beirut Marine barracks bombing families, and all victims of terrorism. To those families, we know that nothing we do here can assuage…

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Dec 19, 2022

I would like to take a few moments to recognize Lt. Col. Jeffrey ``Slander'' Entine, who has worked in my Senate office for the past year as a defense fellow. Lieutenant Colonel Entine is a patriot who has served our country nobly and made…

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Dec 14, 2022

Reserving the right to object--and I will--I want to make a few brief remarks here about why I object to the passage of this bill, the so-called PRESS Act, which would open a floodgate of leaks damaging to law enforcement and our Nation's…

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Dec 10, 2022

We should have never released Viktor Bout. It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin, and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.

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Dec 10, 2022

It was a dangerous concession of Vladimir Putin and it will set a dangerous precedent going forward.

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Dec 8, 2022

part of China's strategy to defeat the United States includes unfairly helping corporations buy out American companies. We can prevent these propped-up companies from gobbling up American businesses, but we don't always know which…

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Nov 13, 2022

I hope the president is very clear in drawing red lines, for instance, saying that the recent rule against China using American semiconductor technology is only the first step.

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Nov 13, 2022

We have to do so in a smart way, but we have to be aggressive and quick about it.

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Nov 13, 2022

We need to focus on serious substantive accomplishments and issues like crime, like our wide-open border, like addressing runaway inflation.

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Nov 13, 2022

Well, Margaret, when the party -- when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don't have a single leader.

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